Learning and Development teams - beware the 'grab bag' projects
"When someone proposes something like "redesign the Files section" that's a grab-bag, not a project." Jason Yip Much L&D time continues to focus on the latest 'grab-bags' and not the real projects. A real project is redefining what now constitutes 'high performance' and why for leaders and workers in the digital era. A real project is helping leaders to stop describing everything using just industrial era metaphors. A real project is coaching leaders to start to keep score of what really creates value for workers today. A real project is actively helping to break down barriers that hold back organisations: i. A lack of understanding of context ; (how are we creating value, for who and and why?); ii. Inconsistent communication ; iii. The barriers to connection and participation . These real projects present a new opportunity for L&D to step up, to step forward and to change the conversation . (Meanwhile L&D